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Luca Grilli

Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering

Associate Professor

Via Lambruschini 4C - building 26/A

Milano, 20156

Italy

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1.

Government, Venture Capital and the Growth of European High-Tech Entrepreneurial Firms

Research Policy 43(9), 1523-1543.
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 26 May 2012 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2014
Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Groningen
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Governmental venture capital, Firm growth, High-tech entrepreneurship, Public policy, Syndication

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Young Firms' Growth in High-Tech Sectors: The Role of Founders' Human Capital

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Aug 2005
Massimo G. Colombo and Luca Grilli
Politecnico di Milano and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
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Entrepreneurship, new technology-based firms, firms' growth, founders' human capital

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Venture Capital Enters Academia: An Analysis of University-Managed Funds

Journal of Technology Transfer, 39(5), 688-715.
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2014
Annalisa Croce, Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu
Polytechnic University of Milan - Dipartimento di Economia e Produzione, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Groningen
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university-managed funds, university, venture capital and private equity, technology transfer, third mission, fund performance

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Does it Take Two to Tango? Founders' Human Capital, Venture Capital and the Growth of High-Tech Start-Ups

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2015
Massimo G. Colombo and Luca Grilli
Politecnico di Milano and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
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New Technology-based Firms, Growth, Human Capital, Venture Capital

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Econometric Evaluation of Public Policies for Science and Innovation: A Brief Guide to Practice

POLICIES FOR SCIENCE AND INNOVATION: DESIGH AND EVALUATION, pp. 60-75, M.G. Colombo, L. Grilli, L. Piscitello and C. Rossi Lamastra, eds., Elgar
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2012
Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Groningen
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R&D Public Subsidies, Endogeneity, Selection Bias

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The Imprinting of Founders’ Human Capital on Entrepreneurial Venture Growth: Evidence from New Technology-Based Firms

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The Imprinting of Founders’ Human Capital on Entrepreneurial Venture Growth: Evidence from New Technology-Based Firms

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 14/13
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2014
Luca Grilli, Paul H. Jensen and Samuele Murtinu
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and University of Groningen
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Entrepreneurial ventures, imprinting effect, entrepreneurs’ human capital, firm growth, new technology-based firms

The Imprinting of Founders’ Human Capital on Entrepreneurial Venture Growth: Evidence from New Technology-Based Firms

Posted: 24 Jun 2014
Luca Grilli, Paul H. Jensen and Samuele Murtinu
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and University of Groningen

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entrepreneurial ventures, imprinting effect, entrepreneurs’ human capital, firm growth, new technology-based firms

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Governmental and Independent Venture Capital Investments in Europe: A Firm-Level Performance Analysis

Journal of Corporate Finance, 42, pp. 439-459 (2017).
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2017
Douglas J. Cumming, Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu
York University - Schulich School of Business, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Groningen
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independent venture capital; governmental venture capital; syndication; exit performance; public-private partnership

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Management Discretion and Political Interference in Municipal Enterprises. Evidence from Italian Utilities

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2011
Paola Garrone, Luca Grilli and Xavier Rousseau
Politecnico di Milano, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and McKinsey Consulting Group
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Partial privatisation, Inter-municipal initiatives, Municipal utilities, Management discretion

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R&D Subsidies and the Performance of High-Tech Start-Ups

Economics Letters, Vol. 112, No. 1, pp. 97-99
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2014
Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu
Politecnico di Milano, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Groningen
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R&D Subsidies, high-tech entrepreneurship, TFP

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Do Public Subsidies Affect the Performance of New Technology-Based Firms? The Importance of Evaluation Schemes and Agency Goals

Prometheus 30(1), 97-111.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2012
Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Groningen
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New technology-based firms, total factor productivity, public subsidies

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Service Quality in Electricity Supply: The Customer's Costs

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 May 2010
Elena Fumagalli, Paola Garrone, Luca Grilli and Renato Redondi
Polytechnic University of Milan, Politecnico di Milano, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Brescia - Department of Industrial Engineering
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voltage quality, customer cost, electricity supply, quality regulation

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Effects of International R&D Alliances on Performance of High-Tech Start-Ups: A Longitudinal Analysis

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 346-368, December 2009
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2014
Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli, Samuele Murtinu, Lucia Piscitello and Evila Piva
Politecnico di Milano, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, University of Groningen, Politecnico di Milano - Dipartimento di Ingegneria gestionale and Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale
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New technology-based firms, international R&D alliances, total factor productivity, global strategic networks, proximity

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Is There a Relationship between Public Expenditures in Energy R&D and Carbon Emissions per GDP? An Empirical Investigation

Energy Policy, 2010
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 May 2010 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2013
Paola Garrone and Luca Grilli
Politecnico di Milano and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
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Carbon emissions, energy efficiency, energy R&D

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Human Capital of Entrepreneurial Teams in Nascent High-Tech Sectors: A Comparison between Cleantech and Internet

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2017
Paola Garrone, Luca Grilli and Boris Mrkajic
Politecnico di Milano, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and Politecnico di Milano
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Entrepreneurial team composition, founders’ human capital, business context, homophily, functionality

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New Technology-Based Firms in Europe: Market Penetration, Public Venture Capital, and Timing of Investment

Industrial and Corporate Change 24(5), 1109–1148,
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2015
Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Groningen
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Venture capital, public venture capital, government, new technology-based firms, market penetration, timing of investment, firm growth

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Cherry Picking or Frog Kissing? The Matching Process between Investors and Entrepreneurial Ventures in Thin Venture Capital Markets

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Aug 2012
Fabio Bertoni, Diego D'Adda and Luca Grilli
EM Lyon (Ecole de Management de Lyon) - Department of Economics, Finance, Control, Università Politecnica delle Marche and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
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High-tech Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Selection, Matching

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Determinants of energy-efficient innovation: Induction mechanisms and stakeholders pressures

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2015
Paola Garrone, Luca Grilli and Boris Mrkajic
Politecnico di Milano, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and Politecnico di Milano
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Energy-efficient innovation, Induced innovation, Stakeholders pressures, Energy price, Energy cost share, Public attentiveness, Environmental regulations, Regulation stringency

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Institutional Context and Energy-Efficient Innovation: Are SMEs Flying Under the Radar?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 02 May 2018
Boris Mrkajic, Luca Grilli and Paola Garrone
Politecnico di Milano, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and Politecnico di Milano
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Energy-efficient innovation, institutional theory, market-based incentives, regulatory pressures, stakeholder pressures

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Selective Subsidies, Entrepreneurial Founders' Human Capital, and Access to R&D Alliances

Paper presented at the Groningen Collaboration for Innovation Conference, 21-22 September 2016, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2018
Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Groningen
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human capital, R&D alliances, public subsidies, high-tech entrepreneurial firms, signal, founding teams

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The Creation of a Middle‐Management Level by Entrepreneurial Ventures: Testing Economic Theories of Organizational Design

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 390-422, 2013
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Apr 2013
Massimo G. Colombo and Luca Grilli
Politecnico di Milano and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
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Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society

IFN Working Paper No. 1203
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 10 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2018
Claire Economidou, Luca Grilli, Magnus Henrekson and Mark Sanders
Utrecht University - Utrecht University School of Economics, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Utrecht University - Utrecht University School of Economics
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Entrepreneurship, Institutions, Reform, European Union, Innovation

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Institutional Determinants of Venture Capital: Taking Informal Institutions to a Front Seat

Paper presented at the 14th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, Chur (Switzerland), 7-9 September 2016
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Feb 2018
Luca Grilli, Gresa Latifi and Boris Mrkajic
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan and Politecnico di Milano
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High-tech Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Institutions

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Start-Up Act, the Human Capital of Entrepreneurs and the Start-Up Size of Young Innovative Companies: Evidence from Italy

Paper presented at the 14th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, Chur (Switzerland), 7-9 September 2016.
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 06 Feb 2018
Emanuele Giraudo, Luca Grilli and Boris Mrkajic
Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Students, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and Politecnico di Milano
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Innovative Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Policy

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Institutional Determinants of Venture Capital Activity: A Survey of the Literature and a Research Agenda

Paper presented at the 14th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, Chur (Switzerland), 7-9 September, 2016
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 06 Feb 2018
Luca Grilli, Gresa Latifi and Boris Mrkajic
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan and Politecnico di Milano
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Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Formal and Informal Institutions, Countries

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Price Elasticity of Residential Water Demand and Water Scarcity

Paper presented at WINIR Conference, 2-4 September 2016, Boston, MA, The United States, with the title: "Water Saving: Do Residential Consumers Respond to Price? The Role of Informal Institutions"
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Jan 2018
Riccardo Marzano, Paola Garrone and Luca Grilli
Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Milano and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
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price elasticity, water demand, meta-analysis, water scarcity, environmental attitudes

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Energy-Efficient Innovation and Firm Size: How Different Firms Respond to Different Institutional Pressures

Paper Presented at the ‘Transforming Innovation’ SPRU’s 50th Anniversary Conference, 7–9 September 2016, Brighton (the United Kingdom),
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Jan 2018
Luca Grilli, Paola Garrone and Boris Mrkajic
Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Milano
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Energy-Efficient Innovation, Regulatory Pressures, Normative Pressures, Institutional Division of Labor, SMEs

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Why Do Entrepreneurs Refuse Venture Capital?

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Mar 2016
Annalisa Croce, Luca Grilli and Samuele Murtinu
Polytechnic University of Milan - Dipartimento di Economia e Produzione, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Groningen
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venture capital, high-tech entrepreneurship, human capital, family ownership

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From Technological to Symbolic Innovation? Open Source, Maker Movement and Global Demand for 3D Printers

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Oct 2015
Claudio Fassio and Luca Grilli
CIRCLE (Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the Learning Economy), University of Lund and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
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3D printing, symbolic product innovations, communities of users

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Venture Capital Financing and the Growth of New Technology-Based Firms: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Role of the Type of Investor

Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, Vol. 3, 2010
Posted: 17 Nov 2010
Fabio Bertoni, Massimo G. Colombo and Luca Grilli
EM Lyon (Ecole de Management de Lyon) - Department of Economics, Finance, Control, Politecnico di Milano and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering

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Capital, Corporate Venture Capital, New Technology-Based Firms, Firm Growth

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Towards Voltage Quality Regulation in Italy

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 1124-1133, 2009
Posted: 18 May 2010
Maurizio Delfanti, Elena Fumagalli, Paola Garrone, Luca Grilli and Luca Lo Schiavo
Polytechnic University of Milan, Polytechnic University of Milan, Politecnico di Milano, Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and Autorità per l'Energia Elettrica e il Gas

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quality regulation, voltage quality

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Service Quality in the Electricity Industry: The Role of Privatization and Managerial Behavior

Energy Policy, Vol. 35, No. 12, pp. 6212-6224, December 2007
Posted: 18 May 2010
Elena Fumagalli, Paola Garrone and Luca Grilli
Polytechnic University of Milan, Politecnico di Milano and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering

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privatization, managerial behavior, service quality

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Entrepreneurs' Human Capital and the Start-Up Size of New Technology-Based Firms

International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 22, No. 8-9, 2004
Posted: 01 May 2009
Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro and Luca Grilli
Politecnico di Milano, Italian Communications Authority and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering

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Venture Capital Financing and the Growth of High-Tech Start-Ups: Disentangling Treatment from Selection Effects

Research Policy, Vol. 40, No. 7, 2011
Posted: 09 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2014
Fabio Bertoni, Massimo G. Colombo and Luca Grilli
EM Lyon (Ecole de Management de Lyon) - Department of Economics, Finance, Control, Politecnico di Milano and Polytechnic University of Milan - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering

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Venture Capital, Corporate Venture Capital, Growth